List of ambassadors of Sweden to Mexico

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Ambassador of
Sweden to Mexico
Coat of arms of Sweden.svg
Lesser coat of arms of the Kingdom of Sweden
Incumbent
Gunnar Aldén
since 2021
Ministry for Foreign Affairs
Swedish Embassy, Mexico City
Style His or Her Excellency (formal)
Mr. or Madam Ambassador (informal)
Reports to Minister for Foreign Affairs
Residence Paseo de las Palmas 1215, Lomas de Chapultepec [a]
Seat Mexico City, Mexico
Appointer Government of Sweden
Term length No fixed term
Inaugural holder Wilhelm af Wetterstedt
Formation1864
Website Swedish Embassy, Mexico City

The Ambassador of Sweden to Mexico (known formally as the Ambassador of the Kingdom of Sweden to the United Mexican States) is the official representative of the government of Sweden to the president of Mexico and government of Mexico.

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History

Sweden and Mexico have had diplomatic relations since 1850. [2] An Honorary Consulate General in Mexico City was established by royal decree on 18 December 1885. During the parliamentary session of 1913, a decision was made to establish a salaried Consulate General, whose holder also served as chargé d'affaires. [3]

In a report on the reorganization of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs in early January 1921, the experts recommended a proposal from the Swedish chargé d'affaires in Mexico to extend the mission's area of responsibility to the Central American states, British Honduras, as well as Cuba, Venezuela, Colombia, Haiti, and San Domingo, along with the British, French, Dutch, and American possessions in the West Indies. [4] In May 1921, the Committee of Supply approved the establishment of a new permanent mission in Mexico. [5] The consulate general was converted into a legation after the King in Council, on 30 September 1921, appointed the Swedish consul general and chargé d'affaires in Mexico as minister to both Mexico and Havana. [6]

In 1956, an agreement was reached between the Swedish and Mexican governments on the mutual elevation of the respective countries' legations to embassies. The diplomatic rank was thereafter changed to ambassador instead of envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary. [7]

List of representatives

NamePeriodTitleNotesRef
Wilhelm af Wetterstedt 3 October 1864 – ? Envoy [8]
Folke Cronholm31 December 1913 – 1916Consul general & chargé d'affaires
Gylfe Anderberg 23 February 1917 – 30 September 1921Consul general & chargé d'affaires [b] Also served as Consul General in Rio de Janeiro from autumn 1919 to 1920. [10] [11]
Gylfe Anderberg 30 September 1921 – 1 February 1938Acting envoyAlso accredited to Guatemala City (1930–1937), Havana (1921–1937), Managua (1936–1937), Panama City (1930–1937), San José (1936–1937), San Salvador (1936–1937), and Tegucigalpa (1936–1937). [10] [12] [13]
Axel Paulin1924–1924Chargé d'affairesAlso accredited to Havana. [14]
Vilhelm Assarsson 1929–1930Chargé d'affaires [15]
Vilhelm Assarsson 1 February 1938 – 1940EnvoyAlso accredited to Havana, Managua, Panama City, San José, Guatemala City, San Salvador, and Tegucigalpa. [12] [16]
Rolf Arfwedson1940–1943Chargé d'affaires [17]
Gösta Brunnström 1942–1942Chargé d'affaires [18]
Herbert Ribbing1943–1948EnvoyAlso accredited to Guatemala City, Managua, Panama City, San José, San Salvador, and Tegucigalpa. [19]
Claes Westring1949–1952EnvoyAlso accredited to Guatemala City, Managua, San José, San Salvador, and Tegucigalpa. [20]
Sven Grafström6 June 1952 – 3 January 1955 [c] EnvoyAlso accredited to Guatemala City, Managua, San José, San Salvador, and Tegucigalpa. Died in office. [d] [23]
Stig Engfeldt1955–1955Chargé d'affaires ad interim
Lennart Nylander 1955–1956EnvoyAlso accredited to Guatemala City, Managua, San José, San Salvador, and Tegucigalpa. [24]
Lennart Nylander 1956–1962 Ambassador Also accredited to Guatemala City, Managua, San José, San Salvador, and Tegucigalpa. [25]
Tord Göransson1962–1969AmbassadorAlso accredited to Guatemala City (1962–1964), Havana (1964–1969), Managua (1962–1964), San José (1962–1964), San Salvador (1962–1964), and Tegucigalpa (1962–1964). [26] [27]
Carl-Henric Nauckhoff1969–1972AmbassadorAlso accredited to Havana. [28]
Carl Swartz1972–1980Ambassador [29]
Karl-Anders Wollter 1980–1985Ambassador [30]
David Wirmark1985–1991Ambassador [31]
Bo Henrikson1992–1996Ambassador [32]
Karin Ehnbom-Palmquist1997–2000Ambassador [33]
Jan Ståhl2000–2001Chargé d'affaires [34]
Ewa Polano2001–2006Ambassador [35]
Anna Lindstedt 2006–2011Ambassador [36]
Jörgen Persson2012–2016Ambassador
Annika ThunborgSeptember 2016 – 2021Ambassador [37]
Gunnar Aldén2021–presentAmbassador [38]

See also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ The ambassador's residence is at the same location as the chancery. [1]
  2. ↑ Anderberg served as acting consul general and chargé d'affaires until he became the regular consul general and chargé d'affaires through a cabinet decision on 21 December 1917. [9]
  3. ↑ However, the service in Mexico was interrupted for six months in 1953, when Grafström, with the rank of major general, became the first Swedish representative in the Neutral Nations Supervisory Commission in Korea. [21]
  4. ↑ Grafström was found on 3 January 1955, on the railway line two km from Joigny, 140 km southeast of Paris, France. Grafström was on his way to Paris and from there to continue by plane to Mexico City. [22]

References

  1. ↑ "Mexiko City, ambassadkansli och residens" [Mexico City, chancery and residence] (in Swedish). National Property Board of Sweden. 3 October 2024. Retrieved 9 January 2025.
  2. ↑ "Mexiko" [Mexico] (in Swedish). Government Offices of Sweden . Retrieved 7 February 2025.
  3. ↑ Almquist, Johan Axel (1914). Kommerskollegium och Riksens Ständers Manufakturkontor samt konsulsstaten 1651-1910: administrativa och biografiska anteckningar (PDF). Meddelanden från svenska Riksarkivet, Ny följd. Ser. 2, 99-0506720-5 ; 4 (in Swedish). Stockholm: Norstedt. p. 403. SELIBR   844316.
  4. ↑ "Vår diplomati: beskickning bör upprättas i Prag" [Our diplomacy: diplomatic mission should be established in Prague]. Svenska Dagbladet (in Swedish). No. 3. 4 January 1921. p. 5. Retrieved 3 October 2024.
  5. ↑ "Utrikesstaten: intet särskilt avlöningssystem" [Foreign Service: no special salary system]. Dagens Nyheter (in Swedish). 1 June 1921. p. 8. Retrieved 7 February 2025.
  6. ↑ "Östersjöstaterna och Mexiko få svenska ministrar" [The Baltic States and Mexico get Swedish ministers]. Svenska Dagbladet (in Swedish). 1 October 1921. p. 3. Retrieved 22 November 2023.
  7. ↑ "Tio sändebud introduceras" [Ten envoys are introduced]. Svenska Dagbladet (in Swedish). 22 September 1956. p. A5. Retrieved 18 April 2024.
  8. ↑ Elgenstierna, Gustaf, ed. (1934). Den introducerade svenska adelns ättartavlor (in Swedish). Vol. 8 Stålarm-Voltemat. Stockholm: Norstedt. p. 763. SELIBR   10076764.
  9. ↑ "Generalkonsulaten i Moskva och Mexiko" [Consulates General in Moscow and Mexico]. Svenska Dagbladet (in Swedish). No. 345. 23 December 1917. p. 12. Retrieved 22 November 2023.
  10. 1 2 "Östersjöstaterna och Mexiko få svenska ministrar" [The Baltic States and Mexico get Swedish ministers]. Svenska Dagbladet (in Swedish). 1 October 1921. p. 3. Retrieved 22 November 2023.
  11. ↑ "Ny svensk chargé d'affaires i Mexiko" [New Swedish chargé d'affaires in Mexico]. Svenska Dagbladet (in Swedish). No. 72. 15 March 1917. p. 4. Retrieved 22 November 2023.
  12. 1 2 "Omflyttade och nya sändebud" [Relocated and new envoys]. Svenska Dagbladet (in Swedish). 27 November 1937. p. 4A. Retrieved 22 November 2023.
  13. ↑ Vem är det: svensk biografisk handbok. 1945 [Who is it: Swedish biographical handbook. 1945] (in Swedish). Stockholm: Norstedt. 1945. p. 38. SELIBR   8261511.
  14. ↑ Vem är det: svensk biografisk handbok. 1945 [Who is it: Swedish biographical handbook. 1945] (in Swedish). Stockholm: Norstedt. 1945. p. 852. SELIBR   8261511.
  15. ↑ Vem är det: svensk biografisk handbok. 1945 [Who is it: Swedish biographical handbook. 1945] (in Swedish). Stockholm: Norstedt. 1945. p. 61. SELIBR   8261511.
  16. ↑ Vem är det: svensk biografisk handbok. 1943 [Who is it: Swedish biographical handbook. 1943] (in Swedish). Stockholm: Norstedt. 1942. p. 44. SELIBR   10335454.
  17. ↑ Vem är det: svensk biografisk handbok. 1945 [Who is it: Swedish biographical handbook. 1945] (in Swedish). Stockholm: Norstedt. 1945. p. 54. SELIBR   8261511.
  18. ↑ Vem är det: svensk biografisk handbok. 1977 [Who is it: Swedish biographical handbook. 1977] (in Swedish). Stockholm: Norstedt. 1976. p. 156. ISBN   91-1-766022-X. SELIBR   3681523.
  19. ↑ Burling, Ingeborg, ed. (1962). Vem är det: svensk biografisk handbok. 1963 [Who is it: Swedish biographical handbook. 1963] (in Swedish). Stockholm: Norstedt. p. 893. SELIBR   9649168.
  20. ↑ Svensson, Stina; Ekstedt, Tage, eds. (1955). Vem är det: svensk biografisk handbok. 1955 [Who is it: Swedish biographical handbook. 1955] (in Swedish). Stockholm: Norstedt. p. 1002. SELIBR   3681511.
  21. ↑ Boheman, Erik (1967–1969). "Sven H Grafström". Svenskt biografiskt lexikon (in Swedish). Vol. 17. National Archives of Sweden. p. 209. Retrieved 11 May 2023.
  22. ↑ "Envoyé Sven Grafström förolyckad i Frankrike" [Envoy Sven Grafström killed in France]. Svenska Dagbladet (in Swedish). 4 January 1955. p. 3. Retrieved 4 February 2025.
  23. ↑ Sveriges statskalender för året 1954 (PDF) (in Swedish). Uppsala: Fritzes offentliga publikationer. 1954. pp. 301, 303–306.
  24. ↑ Sveriges statskalender för skottåret 1956 (PDF) (in Swedish). Uppsala: Fritzes offentliga publikationer. 1956. p. 319.
  25. ↑ Sveriges statskalender 1962 (PDF) (in Swedish). Uppsala: Fritzes offentliga publikationer. 1962. p. 302.
  26. ↑ Sveriges statskalender för skottåret 1964 (PDF) (in Swedish). Uppsala: Fritzes offentliga publikationer. 1964. pp. 308–310, 312, 314.
  27. ↑ Uddling, Hans; Paabo, Katrin, eds. (1992). Vem är det: svensk biografisk handbok. 1993 [Who is it: Swedish biographical handbook. 1993] (in Swedish). Stockholm: Norstedt. p. 413. ISBN   91-1-914072-X. SELIBR   8261513.
  28. ↑ Sköldenberg, Bengt, ed. (1972). Sveriges statskalender för skottåret 1972 (PDF) (in Swedish). Uppsala: Fritzes offentliga publikationer. p. 357. SELIBR   3682755.
  29. ↑ Sköldenberg, Bengt, ed. (1980). Sveriges statskalender 1980 (PDF) (in Swedish). Stockholm: Liber. p. 345. ISBN   91-38-05350-0. SELIBR   33682761.
  30. ↑ Spiegelberg, Christina, ed. (1985). Sveriges statskalender 1985 (PDF) (in Swedish). Stockholm: Liber Allmänna. p. 354. ISBN   91-38-90564-7. SELIBR   3682783.
  31. ↑ Uddling, Hans; Paabo, Katrin, eds. (1994). Vem är det: svensk biografisk handbok. 1995 [Who is it: Swedish biographical handbook. 1995] (in Swedish). Stockholm: Norstedt. p. 1204. ISBN   91-1-943202-X. SELIBR   8261514.
  32. ↑ Jönsson, Lena, ed. (2000). Vem är det: svensk biografisk handbok. 2001 [Who is it: Swedish biographical handbook. 2001] (in Swedish). Stockholm: Norstedt. p. 484. ISBN   9172850426. SELIBR   8261515.
  33. ↑ Spiegelberg, Christina, ed. (2000). Sveriges statskalender 2000 (PDF) (in Swedish). Stockholm: Fritzes. p. 183. ISBN   91-38-31692-7. SELIBR   8261600.
  34. ↑ Spiegelberg, Christina, ed. (2001). Sveriges statskalender 2001 (PDF) (in Swedish). Stockholm: Fritzes. p. 186. ISBN   9138318385. SELIBR   8261601.
  35. ↑ Spiegelberg, Christina, ed. (2006). Sveriges statskalender 2006 (PDF) (in Swedish). Stockholm: Norstedts Juridik AB/Fritzes. p. 187. ISBN   91-38-32230-7. SELIBR   10156707.
  36. ↑ Sveriges statskalender 2010 (PDF) (in Swedish). Stockholm: Norstedts Juridik AB/Fritzes. 2010. p. 190. ISBN   978-91-38-32520-9. SELIBR   11846164.
  37. ↑ "Ny ambassadör i Mexiko" [New ambassador in Mexico] (Press release) (in Swedish). Ministry for Foreign Affairs. 21 April 2016. Retrieved 24 July 2024.
  38. ↑ "Ny ambassadör i Mexiko" [New ambassador in Mexico] (Press release) (in Swedish). Ministry for Foreign Affairs. 11 March 2021. Retrieved 24 July 2024.
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